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Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 9 at SXSWi

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On March 15, 2011, 4:20 AM

As promised, Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 9 in its stable RTM form a year after releasing the first "platform preview" build. The browser managed to maintain the excitement among users during its several months of testing, which saw a public beta last September and the launch of the first Release Candidate in February, as it marks a clear departure from previous versions in terms of design, features, and browser-engine.

It also showed that the software giant is ready to step up the fight against rivals Firefox and Chrome, even though the stigma of being insecure and requiring a page full of hacks to display websites properly might still take some time shaking off in the minds of developers and those who have long abandoned the browser.

To take the freshly released Internet Explorer 9 for a spin chose the appropriate link below and start your download:
Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 64-bit | 32-bit, Internet Explorer 9 for Vista 64-bit | 32-bit version


Among the new features in IE9 is a refreshed minimalistic look, deeper integration with the Windows 7 Jump List feature, better support for HTML5, CSS3 and other web standards, performance improvements particularly in JavaScript execution, and hardware acceleration for web-page rendering. It also includes a tracking protection feature that gives users a way to stop third-party sites from building profiles on their web activities.

The browser is available for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, but not XP due to a decision to "push the web forward". In the same vein Microsoft is urging users to abandon decade-old IE6 over security concerns and recently launched the Internet Explorer 6 Countdown website with the tagline 'Moving the world off Internet Explorer 6.'

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  1. March 15, 2011 5:07 AM
    Guest said:

    It has a bug with ActiveX Filtering...

    http://i.imgur.com/OlleU.png

    http://i.imgur.com/Mdku2.jpg

    Reply
  2. March 15, 2011 6:58 AM
    yowanvista
    yowanvista said:

    It is still buggy, seems like rushed release

    Reply
  3. March 15, 2011 9:33 AM
    Guest said:

    I'm running IE9 final on Vista. It is fast and stable.

    Reply
  4. March 15, 2011 9:46 AM
    Guest said:

    Wonder if they fixed the memory leak from the RC...........ate up my 6GB of RAM in hours.

    Reply
  5. March 15, 2011 9:56 AM
    Guest said:

    Downloaded and installed IE9 this morning. It is blazing fast. Looks like Microsoft finally has a first class browser.

    Reply
  6. March 15, 2011 10:07 AM
    Guest said:

    I just installed IE9. The graphics rendering is fast and really incredible.

    Reply
  7. March 15, 2011 11:30 AM
    lawfer, TechSpot Paladin, said:

    Love the browser, but I still absolutely HATE the fact that you have to restart Windows after installing it.

    I also got 6 GB of RAM, and I didn't notice any leaks. Are you using the 32-bit version by any crazy chance?

    Reply
  8. March 15, 2011 4:41 PM
    Guest said:

    Been running IE9 almost four hours with no memory leak. Impressive all around performance for a MS browser.

    Reply
  9. March 15, 2011 5:37 PM
    3DCGMODELER
    3DCGMODELER said:

    dang it

    have to upgrade to win 7 or 8 hmmmmm

    Reply

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